| 单词 | a pair of turns |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa pair of turns b. A lathe; (in later use chiefly) spec. a type of small dead-centre lathe, typically hand-powered and used in watchmaking (usually in plural denoting the adjustable or interchangeable components of this, esp. in a pair of turns).Cf. turn-bench n. , turn-lathe n. at turn- comb. form . ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] turn?c1475 brake?1577 lare1611 lathe1611 throw1657 turn-lathe1665 turn-tool1665 turning-lathe1794 turning-looma1805 turning-engine1889 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > one who or that which > stand turn1668 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 132 A Turne of a turnour, tornus, tornabilis. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vu tour.., a turne, as boule faite au tour, a boule made at the turne. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tournoir, a Turne, turning wheele, or Turners wheele, called a Lathe or Lare. 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 795 An Artist, that polishes Optick-Glasses on a Turn. 1867 Eng. Mechanic & Mirror of Sci. 29 Mar. 19/3 I have a set of watchmakers' turns, and wish to be informed how to use them for turning small screws. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 121 The wheel..is put in a pair of turns. 1917 B. E. Jones Clock Cleaning & Repairing xv. 115 To undertake the job with any chance of success, a small good lathe, or a large pair of clock turns or clockmaker's ‘throw’. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xii. 89 There were lathes and turns, two wheel-cutting engines, one driven by treadle, the other by hand. < as lemmas |
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